Draught Proof A Door

Kimberley

I bought the Stormguard rubber draught excluder but the door wouldn't shut. Have you any ideas what else I can try? We have an awful draught in the hallway and it's definitely the front door.

DomRavioli

A door curtain?

marleyboy

Get a lovely door snake to block the draught under the door.

chillicheeks

I would say a sausage dog draught excluder and a thermal lined curtain

RealGem

Kimberley wrote: »

I bought the Stormguard rubber draught excluder but the door wouldn't shut. Have you any ideas what else I can try? We have an awful draught in the hallway and it's definitely the front door.

OK sorry for the long post, but I had the same problem, and I was able to solve it.

The door not shutting doesn't mean the draught excluder is not suitable.

If the door won't shut with the rubber draught excluder applied all around the frame, it means that there are parts where the frame does not need any draught excluder.

I did the same with my flat door, and the bit nearest to the hinges at the top, was where the door already pressed hard against the frame, so adding more bulk made it impossible to close the door.

The solution is to either get carbon paper (remember that!) and put it round the edge of the door, then close the door, and see where it leaves a mark on the frame or door - then miss out that bit with the rubber draught excluder.

Or, alternatively, if no carbon paper, use a sheet of ordinary paper and push it against the door to the edge, and see where it gets "trapped" when you close the door.

Also, there is a sponge draught excluder you can get (sometimes from the pound shops - often a lot cheaper than the rubber type), and this can be better, as it presses flatter than the rubber type. This means you can have varying thicknesses, around the frame, as very few doors will fit the frame snugly all around at the same distance.

My door was a really bad fit and needed double and triple layers of draught excluder in some places, and none at all in others.

In the end I used a combination of the rubber and sponge types. And I improvised: Where I needed only 1-2mm of thickness, I used double-sided foam (that you use to stick stuff on xmas cards with!)

It's the same as sponge draught excluder, except it's thinner and both sides are sticky. So to combat the outer sticky layer, I put cling-film over the top, then trimmed it.

Fiddly but it worked great!

Hope this helps.